Jowanna — girls' name
227 babies named Jowanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Jowanna was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Jowanna in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jowanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Jowanna between 1940 and 1991, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jowanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jowanna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jowanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jowanna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 227 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jowanna at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jowanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1940
- Peak year (1959)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
227 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 11 births in a single year.
Jowanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 68 births that decade — 30% of Jowanna's all-time total
Jowanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jowanna's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1940–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.